“An aerial view of the Acropolis as it might have appeared at the beginning of the fourth century BC. Besides the important sanctuaries on the summit, many shrines dating back to the Bronze Age were located along the sides of the hill. / A-...

“The building, dating to the late Augustan period, presented the appearance of a two-storied cube. The ground floor is occupied by a wide hypostyle hall (13.5 x 15.7 m or 44 x 51.5 ft.) with four columns at its center, which was used for public...

117 exhibition catalogs dating from 1947-1978. Overall, the exhibition program was robust and ambitious, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and photography as well as architecture and city planning. Works of many countries and many...

"Because precision in dating is impossible for the Paleolithic era, art historians usually can be no more specific than assigning a range of several thousand years to each artifact. But probably later in date than the Venus of Willendorf is another...

"Broodthaer's Musée d'Arte Moderne assumed various forms. The 'Department of Eagles', which contained the exhibits pictured here, had further permutations in other venues. In a Düsseldorf showing of 1970 the museum's 'nineteenth-century' section...

"Rachel Whiteread's House revived a taste for outrage previously brought to the fore in Britain by the Tate Bricks saga. Before its completion in October 1993 it had attracted little press interest. In November of that year, however, a combination...

"Ridden by the young Jockey, the restored horse is in full gallop. […] It is an original statue group dating from about 140 BC." (Captions, pp. 352-353); "Found in the sea off Cape Artemision, Euboea, and retrieved in pieces in 1928 and 1937. Inv....

"The Louvre diptych was produced in 506 A.D., on the occasion of the consulate of Areobindus. […] An exceptionally high number of diptychs and panels in his name remain: two complete diptychs and five individual panels. […] The Areobindus panels...

A close up view of the rapids along the Falls of the Ohio in Louisville, Ky., site of one of the largest exposed coral reefs in the world, dating from the Devonian Period, 350 � 400 million years ago. An industrial facility with two large...

A close up view of the rapids along the upper part of the Falls of the Ohio in Louisville, Ky., site of one of the largest exposed coral reefs in the world, dating from the Devonian Period, 350 � 400 million years ago. An industrial facility with...

A group of men in hats standing in front of the courthouse with clock tower in Winchester, Kentucky. There are large posters or signs leaning against the front of the building that say "Walk-Over" across the top with a picture of a standing man;...

A view of rapids at the Falls of Ohio along the Ohio River in Louisville, Ky. looking towards the canal, site of one of the largest exposed coral reefs in the world, dating from the Devonian Period, 350 � 400 million years ago. An industrial...

A view of the Falls of the Ohio below the rapids and towards Indiana, site of one of the largest exposed coral reefs in the world, dating from the Devonian Period, 350 � 400 million years ago. Shallow water runs over the rocky bottom of the river.

Oral history interview with Mrs. Vivian Clark Stanley conducted on August 5, 1985 by Janet Hodgson. She discusses her career as a social worker and her life with Frank Stanley, Sr., editor, manager, and publisher of the Louisville Defender. She...

Detail of a watercolor copy of a wall painting. "More remarkable still is a painting in one of the older rooms at Çatal Höyük that generally has been acclaimed as the world's first landscape (a picture of a natural setting in its own right, without...

Exterior view of the Alamo fort from across a road. Front wall and part of the side are visible. A star is at the top of the front wall. Title: 16578 'The Alamo' - Texas Cradle of Liberty (Dating from 1744), San Antonio. Text on left: Keystone View...

Leather-bound guest book dating from 2011 to the present, featuring signatures of attendees of Louisville Orchestra premieres; Grawemeyer Composition winners; and official guests of the School of Music.

Map showing, in blue, the areas of Louisville, Kentucky, affected by the 1937 flooding of the Ohio River. Includes Street Index on recto, and description of the flood, chart of elevations of the Ohio River during floods dating back to 1832,...

Park View Hotel seen from across a lawn or park. There are palm trees in the foreground. The building is a large structure with Spanish-influenced architecture. There are automobiles in front of the hotel. The number "8A-H1056" is printed on the...